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A North Korean soldier, left, looks at the south through a pair of binoculars as a South Korean soldier, right, stands guard at the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The top U.S. envoy on North Korea is calling a Chinese bank's decision to close the accounts of Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank a "very hopeful sign" in efforts to end the North's nuclear ambitions. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)